The phrase "acknowledged approved" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to express that something has been recognized and given approval, but the phrasing is awkward and unclear.
Example: "The proposal was acknowledged approved by the committee, but the details still need to be finalized."
Alternatives: "recognized and approved" or "acknowledged and sanctioned".
Senator John McCain has acknowledged approving a telephone campaign in Michigan criticizing Gov. George W. Bush's visit to a conservative Christian college.
Mr. Messier has acknowledged approving the transaction, which broke French trading rules because it surpassed the amount of shares that the company could legally buy back.
One possible legal justification – the permission of the country in question – is complicated in places such as Pakistan and Yemen, where the governments privately agree but do not publicly acknowledge approving the attacks," as one report put it.
The study protocol was acknowledged or approved by the relevant ethics committees.
An acknowledged Medical Ethical Committee of the University Medical Centre Utrecht approved of the study that was in accordance with the European statements for good clinical practice, which includes the provisions of the Declaration of Helsinki of 1989.
The Infectious Disease Society of America's (IDSA) guidelines on the treatment of MRSA acknowledged the approved use of tigecycline within this indication but did not include tigecycline in its recommendations because of available MRSA-active alternatives and the increase in all-cause mortality noted in the tigecycline clinical program [ 30].
Many of them may take a sneaking delight in hearing a word they might use themselves, or like to use, acknowledged if not approved.
Mr. Raines and other company officials have acknowledged that they approved of the accounting treatment of derivatives and loan prepayments that were the subject of the chief accountant's report.
In his recent memoir, Decision Points, Bush acknowledges he personally approved the use of torture, waterboarding specifically ("Damn right"), but earlier, while still in office, he acknowledged that Abu Ghraib was "the biggest mistake" of his war in Iraq.
"He refuses to acknowledge that he approved entry into the credit-default swap business, approved more than $40 billion of swaps written on C.D.O.'s containing subprime loans, and didn't hedge or put up reserves against them," the company said.
On Friday night, Mr. McCain acknowledged that he had approved the calls in advance.
